tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post5470877624728478498..comments2018-12-18T22:06:41.646-08:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Gotham: One Bad DayBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-49862377634897884552018-07-04T12:02:24.140-07:002018-07-04T12:02:24.140-07:00I wonder how someone who&#39;s never read The Kill...I wonder how someone who&#39;s never read The Killing Joke experienced this episode. Because I&#39;ve read that book many times, I know what the episode is going for, but I wonder if for someone who&#39;s never read the book, these episodes scenes will only look odd and out of place... which is not the sign of good writing.<br /><br />Either way, I had decided to give Jeremiah a chance, but now that I&#39;ve seen all of the episodes he&#39;s been in so far (including the season finale), I can confidently say he feels like a step down from Jerome (who for me was the single best thing on the show). Jeremiah may match the Joker&#39;s appearance in the comics more closely in comparison to his brother, but he lacks the Joker&#39;s spirit, and his relationship and rivalry with Bruce was nowhere nearly as organically well-developed as Jerome&#39;s. I mean, I get that Gotham is trying to do something different, and that&#39;s commendable... but a Joker that barely laughs? A Joker whose kills aren&#39;t at the very least a little ironic? Some things are just fundamental to a character, and taking those away lessens said character. And like I said, his relationship with Bruce feels like a leap. Maybe they should have spent a few more episodes showing Bruce and Jeremiah develop their friendship before Jerome had his &quot;One Bad Day&quot;. They had a nice twist with Jerome tricking the audience into thinking he was slowly losing his mind (and revealing that he had already lost it all at once), but in retrospect instead of such a short-term twist in the long run it would have been better drama to watch a character we came to empathize with slowly becoming the Joker (for real), as Bruce helplessly struggled to watch his friend become a monster?Diogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09623198557097924154noreply@blogger.com